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WOW there have been some amazing losses this week! I am so inspired!! I enjoyed class this evening and came home to do some menu planning for the coming week and I even did some cooking. Off to bed before my alarm goes off. Lol. Lovely to hear your updates. DC xx

Good luck all other Tuesday weigh in-ers! I'm just off the scales and I've only lost a wee half pound this week. A tad disappointed in the loss but a good reminder to myself to pay more attention to what is going to be passing my lips this week before it actually goes in! DC xx

Just 1/2lb off for me this week - I'm less than thrilled which seems v harsh on the poor half pound :( Never mind - must be on my best behaviour this week! Well done everyone else on your losses! DC xx

Someone said there was stress in the air - and I couldn't agree more!! Not convinced the scales will reflect what I think was a good week but am sure these things balance out. This is only WI 2 since rejoin and when previously at group I always looked at my weight loss over a 4 week period...

Good luck today - hope the scales are kind to everyone!! DC xx

Haha Dany - that describes it perfectly I lack an off switch!! I'll try the clementines as a substitute!! DC xx

Good luck Bellybegone (great name)!! Hope all goes well at your WI. It's my second weigh in tomorrow since getting back on the wagon and for some reason I'm horribly nervous. Fingers crossed!! DC xx

From my experience the plan absolutely works - although there have been some weeks where the number doesn't seem to tally with the effort things balance out over the course of a few weeks (I try to assess my success over 4 week blocks rather than week to week). I would never try to offer...

I think this has been a really interesting thread to read through - I echo, wholeheartedly, MLM's comments!! While it is important that we embrace SW as a lifestyle and a plan rather than view it as a stuffy and rigid diet I think it is important to remember that the are some caveats to some of...

Thanks guys. I just mean I eat too much. My brain doesn't seem to receive the message from my tummy that it has been fed and watered. I appreciate SW because of the free food ethos and while I still have lots to lose that is fine but I know that I want to reduce the amount of food I consume...

I've just been reading about hypnotherapy sessions which take you through a gastric band op so you feel as though your stomach has been shrunk but without the op. Portion control is one of my big problems and I'm wondering whether this could help... Has anyone experienced this or anything...

Pleasure Heilkel - I'm not the hottest when it comes to EE days and I continue to be unsure about having one third superfree or within the meal compared to balanced out during the day. I'm trying to stick to red days until I'm more confident with the mechanics of EE and more importantly until...

You are bound to be heavier at the end of the day than the start BUT the plan is about balance and eating so there is just no point starving yourself all day just because you're getting on the scales that night (I think I'd just gorge after WI if I did)! Plus if you act in the same manner week...

Hiekel - I'm not sure exactly how many syns are in the gravy granuals but I do remember they always contain more that you think they should! Is it too late to use oxo or another free stock type of item? Also on your supper you haven't mentioned any super free foods - so just thought I'd...

Morning everyone - hope you are all geared up for another week. Apparently today is the most depressing day of the year. On the basis that I am on plan (another 100% day would be ace) that won't apply to me :) Being in control of my eating certainly makes me happy! Good luck for the week...

Hello MR2 - it is better to be doing something now at 26 than waiting another 1, 2, 5 or 10 years before you start tackling things. My 30th was the spur for me and as I'm now loosing I keep wondering why I wasted my teens and twenties overeating and overweight (It didn't make me overhappy!!)...

Argh chocolate!! I am having such a crazy and Sunday night is such a tricky one for me - I am trying to avoid eating all of the choc in the house at present. I've even gone as far as scrubbing the bath to avoid the choc tin (there isn't too much in there and it is all low syn as the only thing...

Wow those cakes look awesome!! I will be certainly giving your recipe a go - yum yum!! Hope everyone is having a good weekend and sticking to your own plans! Roll on Tuesday - I want to see a difference on the scales that equates to my sober & gym filled weekend!! Dickiec xx

Thank you! I am trying not to get overwhelmed by the big numbers I have to loose - focusing at present on each 7lbs! Good luck with your journeys! Dickiec xx

Thanks IreneH!!

EE doesn't work for me and my losses are lower on green than red so I do mostly red with the odd EE or green when I'm eating out! Hope the change works for you this week!! Don't give up!! Dickiec xx

Yay to the magic of the plan! I really need to get going with some Body Magic!!

Anna_Vixen that is incredible!!! Well done!!! Well done!!! Well done!! Dickiec xx

Ooh I think I know exactly what you mean. My SW was flying along at a nice steady rate and the 10 months in I think I had a realisation that I was only really half way there and it was only going to get harder the further on I got. The 10 months after that have been such a struggle and I've...

Ooh another thought is to take a look at the inspirational words thread (if you've not seen it already)

PS that was specifically for Asda I didn't check for other supermarkets. Dickiec xx

I found this on the SW online checker: Lemon & Herb Whole Chicken, Rotisserie, 100g 4 4 10 Plain Whole Chicken, Rotisserie, 100g 4 4 10 The 10 syns being for a green day. Sorry! Dickiec xx

I also got a real fright from some NYE piccies - I looked such a state. I am trying to channel how I feel about the "me" in those images into the focus I need to break my bad habits. Then this time next year those nasties pictures will be the "before" image of a New Year to New Year...

Ooh - these recipes look yummy! Just menu planning & preparing my shopping list for the next week or so and I think a couple of these will be featuring highly. Cheers Dickiec xx

Well done - enjoy your reward when step on the scales! Dickiec xx

Well done Loobieluck! Hope you have a great first week Michelle! Dickiec xx

Thanks everyone! I am just off to google the cost of 'Lets Dance' - that sounds fun. The downstairs neighbours may not be so thrilled - tee hee!! Dickiec xx

Thanks Aayliyah! I echo the comments above - bread is the devil. As it gets more expensive it is easier to resist! One of my favourite (within syn) indulgences though! Dickiec xx

Aw bless that it is such insight!! Dickiec xx

Have fun with the xinect! I'm looking forward to getting used to the Wii - I've not explored any more games yet - l only have the Wii sports and Wii fit that the bundle came with! We're making losing weight childs play!! Dickiec xx

Hello Tuesday-ers! I had my week one weigh in yesterday (after a few months away from class) and have lost a lovely 5.5lbs. So pleased. Hope you all have a great week! DickieC xx

DON'T WEIGH YOURSELF!!! Whether you've stayed the same or have lost loads on your own scales I find that weighing myself at home simply isn't reliable. Your consultant has mega calibrated scales and I would suggest you try to treat them as your constant and if you are weighing yourself at...

Thanks Bugsy - I am over the moon!!! I'm looking forward to getting more active this week - I've got a wii to set up and I need to get back to the gym - so hopefully next week will be a good loss as well. I've read so much about Zumba classes on across the forum that I am really keen to find...

You look incredible in your photos!!! from them I can't believe you still have two stone to go, v good luck getting there :) Your pics and weight loss numbers are a real inspiration to me, fingers crossed next Jan I'll be in a position and brave enough to upload before, during and...

Wowzers! You look incredible! Well done!! DickieC xx

Don't give up!! :tear_drop: Looks like you've been re-added already :) DickieC xx

Ooh that is a FAB quote! Need to tattoo that one to my inner eye lids!! DickieC xx

BBB - what an incredible weight loss!!! That is fabulous - take the plaudits!! My first week loss is 5.5lbs and I am thrilled with that - I'd be on the ceiling with 10.5lbs!! You've hit the January pledge target in one week - so impressive and just shows what the plan can deliver! Yay...

So sorry I don't know what I have done to the colours - any advice. I coped and pasted from the previous post - working off a macbook rather than a PC so could that have an impact...? DickieC xx

Yay week one and 5.5lbs off :) 3106catherine - 34lb (0lb lost, 34lb to go) AndieG - 28lbs ( 0lbs lost, 28lbs to go ) Anna_Vixen -42lb (Olb lost, 42lb to go) Baker5518 - 50lbs ( 0lbs lost, 50lbs to go ) beforeim50 28lbs (0lbs lost, 28lbs to go) Chelsea - 42lbs (0lb lost, 42 lbs to go)...

Yay - week one and it's 5.5lbs off! Woo hoo! Such encouragement from the scales. My note to myself is that next week is another week one! DickieC xx

Thanks BBB! So pleased! DickieC xx

So pleased still sat in group (it hasn't started yet) but my first week loss is 5.5lbs! Yay!! So chuffed!! Dickiec xx

Well my week one weigh in is a success - 5.5 lbs gone!!! Fingers crossed I'll never have to lose any of these particular lbs ever again!! Still a blooming long way to go mind!! Dickiec xx

Good luck Kelly!! Dickiec xx

That deserves a massive woop woop & a high five!!!! Congratulations - hope you are thrilled! Wahey!! DickieC xx

I hope all tonight's weigh-iners come back and say how they've done! Good luck!!

Good luck Vics - a new year, a new start, a new you!! Being in a positive place certainly helps me with weight loss and, also being new to the forum, this place seems like it will be really helpful if or when that positivity slips a little - people are very friendly, helpful and encouraging...

..... so FINGERS CROSSED!! A massive good luck to anyone who has a WI today but especially to those restarters and newstarters. Please, please, please let the scales be kind! Regardless of the outcome I will post (and note to self - if it is only half a pound then that is better than...

I much prefer red days and get a better loss when I just do a week of those. It isn't that I just feel fuller with red days but that I find it harder to over eat at meal times - it would seem odd having another chicken breast or steak in the way that having another potato or a few more chips...

I am bad for jumping on and off the scales constantly but I've somehow managed to separate that form my actual loss. It is just a strange habit I have (I blame a wonky floor as the result can be different simply getting on, off and on them again). Tinsel - getting your boyfriend to hide them...

Well today is the day - my first week weigh in! I had yet another read through the plan last night as well as the other booklets which I do usually look at less often and I've been inspired by a recurring theme - "Every week is week one". As a few people have commented above the first thing...

Thanks Madtaff - something you said really struck a chord with me, the need to be honest with yourself. It amazes me how much I can try and 'pretend' to myself that "that one" (be it another drink, chocolate bar, packet of crisps or takeaway) won't hurt or ignore (even deny) the fact that I am...

I've got 10 stone, or the best part of it, to lose. I am hoping that I can break the back of that amount in the next 12 months and then finish the job and keep working on the tone up in 2012. It seems remarkably simple saying it like that but it will be a huge challenge. Good luck to you...

Blooming nora 6lbs is F-A-B!!!! What a chunk you've taken out of your Easter target! I find my losses are much better on red. I think this is because at mealtimes I wouldn't have 'just another' chicken breast, or steak in the way I would have another potato, a few more SW chips or helping of...

Hello - I'm a January restarter as well so would like to join your team. I'm hoping to have lost 6-7 stones by the end of the year with 43.5lbs of that by Easter (which for me will be quite a challenge). Fingers crossed! Wishing you well with your journeys! DickieC xx

Thanks so much for all your comments - certainly gives me, pardoning the pun, food for thought. Fingers crossed tomorrow goes to plan but I am going to try and treat Tuesday night like any other. I certainly need to move my mindset away from rewarding myself with the sorts of food I've had...

Hello It is my first week weigh in tomorrow and what is on my mind is not what my loss will be but whether or not I should have a weigh in treat night. I understand that the journey to next weeks loss starts as soon as you leave class and while I am motivated perhaps I should make hay and...

Wow you look fab - good luck with the last wee bit of your journey! DickieC xx

Good luck Lisa & Rebex - I think that the plan is fab. I say that to remind myself as well because when I follow it and don't cheat(!) it absolutely works!!

It always surprises me that there isn't something 'official' on the SW website but this looks a great resource - I am new as well! Good luck with the plan!! DickieC xx

Kelly - I work v long days and understand that having to cook late on can be a hassle but I have found that SW is flexible to that in so much as there are plenty of meals you can make quickly and loads & loads that you can either do in the slow cooker or batch cook for freezing. It can take a...

Good luck - hopefully this is the year for you to get to target and this is the forum to help you get there!! DickieC xx

Laura If you're doing green and fancy a wee bit of meat then there is the option of using a HEB - quite a range of meats & fishes are listed there. Yummymummy86 - I'm new to the Wii and hoping that will help me along with my weight loss!! Good luck!! DickieC xx

Absolutely - there seems to be so much to look at that you could be on here all day! Good to know there is plenty of stuff to look at when temptation comes calling! Lol!

Hello SarahC I am also an ongoing slimmer but a Minimins newbie - something to do with the time of year I am sure. Good luck with the rest of your journey, you've done so well in the time you've been going and certainly sound like you've the determination to hit target!!! DickieC xx

Thanks Laura! I am sure you can achieve your target by next Christmas. I'll certainly be posting updates and I hope you do the same!! Aw chocolate is one of my (many) weaknesses and I am trying a short period of abstinence because once I start I can't stop - argh! Good luck! DickieC xx

Hopefully I am not too late to join in this challenge...! ColJack - 56lbs ( 0lbs lost, 56lbs to go ) mod-karen79 - 28lbs ( 5.5lbs lost, 22.5lbs to go ) mangogirl - 48lbs ( 0lbs lost, 48lbs to go ) Orion83 - 50lbs ( 0lbs lost, 50lbs to go ) LouiseElectric - 35lbs (0lbs lost, 35lbs to go )...

When I am short of time in the morning I try to have some fruit such as apples, clementines or bananas but when I have 5 mins to sit down for breakfast I like more interesting fruit (blueberries, strawberries, melon, pineapple etc) which I chop the night before and have with a muller yogurt. If...

I know what you mean about finding the time! I am also getting back on the SW wagon and find that batch cooking & freezing, meal planning and the slow cooker are really helpful! Taking out a chunk of time to meal plan and batch cook saves me much more time in the long run - and helps me make...

Hello, I am new to Minimins and I am hoping this forum will help me along my SW journey! My journey started in May 2009 and by April 2010 I had lost a thrilling 7st 8 1/2lbs. My weight went up and down between April and the start of September but has rocketed since then. When I rejoined...